Early-stage life sciences venture Phision Therapeutics has been named overall winner of this year’s UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme. The company is behind a revolutionary new treatment for vision loss.

The lack of a joined-up approach to planning in Ireland is one of the main reasons communities across the country are still being deprived of broadband, the new chair of the IBEC-based Telecoms and Internet Federation (TIF), and Vodafone Ireland CEO, Anne O’Leary said.